About Sam McVicker
Lived 1890 – 1972 (aged 81). Sam McVicker was a military personnel and rugby union player.
Samuel McVicker (12 December 1890 – 23 July 1972) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Moss-side, County Antrim, McVicker was the eldest of three rugby playing brothers, who all played in the second row for Ireland in the 1920s. He gained his four caps in the 1922 Five Nations Championship.
McVicker also represented Ireland in field hockey.
After serving with 19th London Regiment during World War I, McVicker was ordained into the ministry in 1920 and from 1928 to 1956 was the senior minister of Carlisle Road Presbyterian Church in Derry.
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Sam McVicker was born on 12 December 1890.
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Sam McVicker died on 23 July 1972.
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Sam McVicker was a military personnel and rugby union player.
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